Summit Speakers

Meet the 2025 Speakers

Daniela Medina, MSW

Deputy Chief of Direct Practice, City of Oakland Department of Violence Prevention

Diana Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FACOG

California Surgeon General

Tolbert Small, MD

Doctor to the Black Panther Party

Bernadette (Bernie) Lim, MD, MS,

Founder and Executive Director of Freedom Community Clinic

Monica Hahn, MD, MPH, MS

Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine

Maya Blow

Founder of Soul Flower Farm

Ruben Canedo

Director of Strategic Equity Initiatives at UC Berkeley

Jenabi Pareja

Co-Founder of Understory Oakland

Sophie Willmore

Co-Executive Director, Feed Black Futures

Jess Ghannam, PhD

Palestinian-American psychologist and professor, UCSF School of Medicine

La Roux Pendleton, MPH

Bay Area Program Officer, Stupski Foundation

Ashley Monterrosa

Co-founder, The Sean Monterrosa Project

Viviana Rodriguez-Smith

Founder of E14 Gallery Oakland

Michelle Monterrosa

Co-founder, The Sean Monterrosa Project

Kathryn Hart

Farm Steward and Volunteer Coordinator, Planting Justice

Liza Rankow, PhD, MHS

Founder, One Life Institute

Sol Mercado

Reentry Coordinator, Planting Justice